Suriname
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Codes and identifiers
- ISO alpha-2
- SR
- ISO alpha-3
- SUR
- ISO numeric
- 740
- FIPS 10-4
- NS
- GeoNames ID
- 3382998
Key facts
- Capital
- Paramaribo
- Area
- 163,270 km²
- Population
- 575,991
- Currency
- Dollar (SRD)
- Calling code
- +597
- Top-level domain
- .sr
- Official languages
- nl-SR,en,srn,hns,jv
Continent
- Name
- South America
- Code
- SA
- In this dataset
- 14 countries
Location
- Latitude
- 4
- Longitude
- -56
- Min latitude
- 1.8335067750000604
- Min longitude
- -58.067691202999924
- Max latitude
- 6.011573766000083
- Max longitude
- -53.986357453999915
Boundary
The API call behind this page
Request
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
"https://geosearch.dev/v1/countries/SR?fields=iso_code,iso3_code,name,capital,population,area_sq_km,currency_code,continent_code"Response
{
"data": {
"area_sq_km": 163270,
"capital": "Paramaribo",
"continent_code": "SA",
"currency_code": "SRD",
"iso3_code": "SUR",
"iso_code": "SR",
"name": "Suriname",
"population": 575991
}
}Formatted for reading. The API returns the same JSON on one line.
Other endpoints for this country
/v1/countries/SR/regions/v1/cities?country=SR/v1/postal-codes?country=SR/v1/timezones?country=SR
Name in other languages
- Arabic
- سورينام
- Chinese
- 苏里南
- English
- Suriname
- French
- Suriname
- German
- Suriname
- Hindi
- सूरीनाम
- Italian
- Suriname
- Japanese
- スリナム
- Korean
- 수리남
- Portuguese
- Suriname
- Russian
- Суринам
- Spanish
- Surinam
- Total language variants
- 141
The API returns any of them with ?lang=.
Time zones
| IANA ID | UTC offset | DST offset |
|---|---|---|
| America/Paramaribo | UTC-03:00 | UTC-03:00 |
First-level administrative regions
- Distrikt Paramaribo
- Distrikt Wanica
- Distrikt Nickerie
- Distrikt Sipaliwini
- Distrikt Commewijne
- Distrikt Para
- Distrikt Marowijne
- Distrikt Saramacca
- Distrikt Brokopondo
- Distrikt Coronie
10 of 10 shown, largest first
Largest cities
| City | Population |
|---|---|
| Paramaribo | 223,757 |
| Blauwgrond | 31,483 |
| Latour | 29,526 |
| Pontbuiten | 23,211 |
| Rainville | 22,747 |
| Flora | 19,538 |
| Welgelegen | 19,304 |
| Lelydorp | 18,223 |
| Munder Buiten | 17,234 |
| Beekhuizen | 17,185 |
Coverage in this dataset
- Cities
- 553
- First-level regions
- 10
- Postal codes
- 0
- Name languages
- 141
- Boundary polygon
- Yes
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